Greater Sudbury

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Cites sources to 2010.

Reports results from first year of twenty-year study on the impact of program designed to provide physical, mental, emotional and cultural supports to children between the ages of 7-12. Research sites were Red Lake, Timmins, Sudbury, Midland, and Niagara, Ontario. Related Material: Phase II, 2015-2017.

Reports results from second phase of a twenty-year study on the impact of program designed to provide physical, mental, emotional and cultural supports to children between the ages of 7-12. Research sites were Red Lake, Timmins, Sudbury, Midland, and Niagara, Ontario. Related Material: Phase I Baseline Report: Final Report.

Interdisciplinary Health Thesis (M.A.)--Laurentian University, 2017.

Human Studies Thesis (Ph.D.)--Laurentian University, 2017.

Indigenous Relations Thesis (MIR)--Laurentian University, 2017.

Indigenous Relations Thesis (MIR)--Laurentian University, 2018.

Delineates patterns of language transmission based on a study conducted in four Ontario communities: Midland, North Bay, Sudbury and Timmins. Also provides guidelines for future research and initiatives.

Study of 15 Indigenous participants in the Sudbury and Manitoulin Island areas uses Indigenous research methods and grounded theory to compare Western and Indigenous epistemologies and structures of power. Author argues that a greater understanding of Western and Indigenous power structures can help to build better relations between Indigenous and Settler communities in Canada.

Indigenous Relations Thesis (MIR)--Laurentian University, 2019.

Developed by the Sudbury Police Service to guide families through the process of making missing reports, the subsequent actions of the police, and give information about support organizations and services.

Describes partnership involving Greater Sudbury Police Service and the N’Swakamok Native Friendship Centre to create a project with the goal of reducing violence against Indigenous women and girls. Project is titled Looking Ahead to Build the Spirit of Our Women--Learning to Live Free From Violence.

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Discusses partnership initiated by the N’Swakamok Native Friendship Centre and the Greater Sudbury Police Service in response to the issue of missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls. Goal of the project is to collaborate with community groups and establish a positive relationship focused on preventative measures.

Research conducted with 82 participants and involved in-depth interviews, sharing and discussion circles, and individual sharing of life stories. Criteria was household income over $40,000, not employed in the social services sector, and coming from a diversity of backgrounds. Information collected about demography, perceptions of home and community, Aboriginal cultures in the city, racism and internal discriminations, supports and challenges in professional life, economic and political relations, defining success and future aspirations.

Outlines findings from interviews, focus groups, and participant observations involving 18 individuals as well as relevant information from academic literature. Goal was to gain understanding of local community's perceptions concerning symptoms and meaning of the disease, practices relating to detection, treatment and care, and healthy aging.

Three Aboriginal people talk about their experiences with misusing prescription drugs.

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File contains a copy of Diefenbaker's speech to the Progressive Conservative Association of Sudbury, in which he mentions that his government gave indigenous peoples the right to vote and the appointment of indigenous senator James Gladstone.

This file contains an opening prayer and opening remarks for the sitting of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples at the President Hotel, Sudbury, Ontario, on Monday, May 31, 1993. Moderator Blanche Meawassige welcomes the participants, discusses translation services available, and the session's format. Sudbury City Counsellor Maurice Lamoreux welcomes the participants on behalf of the City and Region. Commissioners Rene Dussault and Mary Sillett discuss the work of the Commission to date, as well as its' composition, mandate, and goals.

RCAP 142 contains files for a sitting of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples at the President Hotel, Sudbury, Ontario, on Monday, May 31, 1993. The file contains a variety of presentations by community Elders.

The file contains an open forum presentation by Art Solomon. Solomon discusses his views on residential schools, colonialism, the role of Aboriginal societies as teachers, the imposition of patriarchy by Churches, and the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples.

The file contains an open forum presentation by Carol Hopkins. Hopkins, an Anishnabeh woman, discusses adoption issues, jurisdiction over children, and related issues.

The file contains an open forum presentation by Francois Boudreau. Boudreau discusses his personal view of Aboriginal issues in Canada as a non-Aboriginal person touching on topics such as treaties, colonization, self-government, and self-sufficiency.

The file contains an open forum presentation by Physllis Kinoshameg. Kinoshameg, a member of the Wikwemikong First Nation and a provincial civil servant in Ontario, discusses public and private sector Aboriginal employment equity issues. Following the presentation Commissioner Dussault discusses some of the issues raised with Kinoshameg.

The file contains an open forum presentation by Ron-Wayne Hoekstiza. Hoekstiza, an Ojibwa man who was removed as a youth from his family by social services and raised by a Dutch couple in Europe, discusses his personal struggles to reclaim his identity, his views on the Royal Commission, and his views on Aboriginal peoples. Following the presentation Commissioner Sillett thanks Hoekstiza for his comments and discusses the situation in northern Labrador and Davis Inlet which he referenced, and where she is originally from.

The file contains an open forum presentation by Stephen Hall. Hall discusses his personal views on education, the James Bay Agreement, and cross-cultural adoption.

The file contains opening remarks and an opening prayer for the sitting of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples at the President Hotel, Sudbury, Ontario, on Tuesday, June 1, 1993. Following the prayer, Moderator Blanche Meawassige discusses the format, available translation services, welcomes the participants, and introduces the first presenter.

RCAP 143 contains files for a sitting of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples at the President Hotel, Sudbury, Ontario, on Tuesday, June 1, 1993. The file contains a variety of presentations by individuals and an open discussion forum.

The file contains closing remarks and a closing prayer for the sitting of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples at the President Hotel, Sudbury, Ontario, on Tuesday, June 1, 1993. Commissioners Dussault and Sillett discuss their thoughts on the day's proceedings, the challenges they face, and the plans of the Commission for the future. They also thank the participants, after which is a closing prayer which concludes the day's sitting of the Commission.

The file contains a discussion between Commissioners Rene Dussault, Mary Sillett, and Elders Dominic Eshkakogan, Mary Lou Fox, and Rita Corbiere. Issues covered in the discussion include language issues, the Chartered Lands Act, traditional healing, and diabetes. The discussion is in response to the earlier presentations during this sitting of the Commission by these three Elders. The three Elders' presentations are available for viewing on this site.

The file contains a presentation by Art Petahtegoose. Petahtegoose, a Professor at Cambrian College from the White Fish Lake First Nation, discusses Government judiciary education and Treaties. Petahtegoose discusses the Indian Act, Aboriginal rights, traditional governance amongst the Ojibwa, and related issues in this context. Following the presentation Commissioner Dussault discusses some of the issues raised with Petahtegoose.

The file contains a presentation by Bridget Elliott and Martha Mackenzie. Elliott and Mackenzie, representing the Sudbury Anishnawbaequek, discuss the relationship between Aboriginal and Non-Aboriginal people with respect to educational institutions and curricula, youth issues, women's issues, and the N'Swakamok Native Friendship Centre in Sudbury. During the presentation Commissioners Dussault and Sillett discuss some of the issues raised with the two presenters.

The file contains a presentation by Dave White. White, Native Access Manager for Wabnode Institute Anisnabe Studies Division of Cambrian College, discusses cultural programming at the College and some of the difficulties they face in creating such programs. Following the presentation Commissioner Dussault discusses some of the issues raised with White.

The file contains a presentation by Dominic Eshkakogan. Eshkakogan, an Elder from the Sagamok Anishnawbek First Nation, discusses the legacy of residential schools, the need for spiritual healing, the impact of diabetes on Aboriginal people, language issues, problems getting funding to community level programs. Eshkakogan references the personal impact these issues have had on him as a First Nations politician, residential school survivor, and someone dying of diabetes-related illnesses.

The file contains a presentation by Herb Nabigon. Nabigon, a professor at Laurentian University in the Native Human Services, discusses self-government and "reclaiming the spirit." Nabigon discusses his people's relationship with the federal and provincial governments, rights and responsibilities, and traditional Ojibwa governance concepts. Following the presentation Commissioners Dussault and Sillett discuss some of the issues raised with Nabigon.

The file contains a presentation by John Moore. Moore discusses his conviction for murder under a repealed section of the criminal code of Canada, how he is innocent and feels his conviction contradicted his rights as an Aboriginal person, and how he would like to be exonerated. Moore also references several other high profile cases of wrongful conviction in Canada. Following the presentation Commissioner Dussault comments on the issues raised.

The file contains a presentation by John Steckley. Steckley, Assistant Professor from the Department of Native Studies, University of Sudbury, states that "the Canadian Federal Government go at least as far as the government of the United States in giving Native languages 'official status'" and what he means by this. Commissioners Sillett and Dussault discuss some of the issues raised by Steckley with him.

The file contains a presentation by Margaret Jackson. Jackson discusses family support, particularly with reference to single mothers, and complications arising from Indian Act restrictions on the paying of child support by fathers.

The file contains a presentation by Mary Lou Fox. Fox, an Ojibwa Elder from the West Bay First Nation, discusses residential schools impact and inter-generational legacy on communities, language issues and their relation to identity; the lack of educational assistance and direction needed for community level language instruction, a cross-Canada Elder's conference on language issues to be held at Manitoulin Island, the need for full time interpreters in some hospitals, and access to justice services in Aboriginal languages.

The file contains a presentation by Michael Eshikibok. Eshikibok, an Ojibwa student at Laurentian University and freelance writer for the Sudbury Star, gives a statistical overview of Aboriginal people in Canada, over-representation in Saskatchewan prisons, poverty, alcoholism, and the need to replace the Indian Act and institute self-government. Following the presentation Commissioner Dussault discusses some of the issues raised with Eshikibok.

The file contains a presentation by Peter Paradis. Paradis, a Staff Counselor at Newberry House (a half-way house), discusses the mandate direction of the Royal Commission, action plan suggestions and implementation, and the relationship between the Royal Commission, the Canadian State, and the political process. Following Paradis' critique, Commissioners Dussault and Sillett respond to some of the points he raises. Following this is a closing prayer to convene the day's sitting of the Commission.

The file contains a presentation by Rita Corbiere. Corbiere, an Ojibwa Elder from the Wikwemikong Unceded Reserve, discusses the past of the Anishnabe people, economic and taxation issues, the state of the British Empire and Monarchy, the Chartered Lands Act, fisheries, environmental issues, Ojibwa service in the War of 1812, the 1836 Treaty on Manitoulin Island, and the Chartered Lands Act.

The file contains a presentation by Roger Jones. Jones, a member of the Shawanaga First Nation, discusses "solutions and recommendations for self-government, exercising our inherent right and he will also discuss the barriers and resolutions." In doing so Jones discusses the Ojibwa worldview and Canada's obligations to his people. Following the presentation Commissioners Dussault and Sillett discuss the issues raised with Jones.

The file contains a presentation by Wes Whetung and Sanford Cottrelle of Newberry House (a halfway house). Whetung and Cottrelle discuss the prison system and Aboriginal offenders offering a comparative view of Aboriginal and Non-Aboriginal halfway houses, compensation for former residential school residents, accessible moneys to implement both cultural and non-cultural programs for children and youth, and stereotypes of Aboriginal people in text-books. Commissioners Dussault and Sillett discuss some of the issues raised with the two presenters.

The file contains a presentation by Schuyler Webster. Webster discusses matters related to First Nation partnerships and promoting educational opportunities from his position as Coordinator of Human Native Services at the School of Social Work, Laurentian University.

The file contains a presentation by the Sudbury Youth Group. Presenters Adrea Chusan, Adrian Abel, Lana Perrin, Steven Hall, Mark Seabrook, and Wasayabeniquoi Dishnikas. The presenters discuss educational, addictions, suicide, recreation, employment, parental support, and general youth issues. Commissioners Dussault and Sillett discuss some of the issues raised with the presenters.

The file contains a presentation by Walter Manitowabi. Manitowabi, a business development adviser with Waubetek Business Development Corporation of Birch Island, discusses his "small business development which strengthens Aboriginal business.